small boosts to health, stamina
and strength. The Over-Tier Divine Art along his current skill path is a
supportive Divine Art called ‘Vigorous Life’ that will temporarily triple his
maximum health at the expense of reducing his mana to a third.
As the library only
permits for books to be borrowed when paying a fee of two silver per book,
Regal places them back on the shelves while selecting a few others. It isn’t
just books about skills that he reads, but those relating to different types of
talents.
The library is open around
the clock, so Regal continues studying inside until long after the natural
sunlight fails. According to his research, when an Immortalis is talented in a
particular element of alchemy, they will either be talented in all alchemy or a
specific element type while having little talent in the opposing element. Regal
knows he isn’t the first type, but he may be the latter.
Ice alchemy is closely
related to water alchemy, and they both are in opposition to the fire element.
Earth alchemy is also closely related to metal alchemy and opposition to the
formless wind alchemy. If Regal is indeed the latter of the two types of
talent, he should at least have talent in either fire or wind element alchemy.
He could be gifted in both.
Unlike the library, all
the standard shops are closed so there is no method to purchase a new skill and
test this out. He also only has enough money for a single skill book, and
cannot afford to choose wrong.
Regal’s parents left him
with enough money to easily last until his graduation. He currently has ten
gold coins hidden away under his bed. A single gold coin will allow him to eat
for about a year, meaning he will need four gold coins to last until
graduation. Once he becomes a hunter, he will be qualified to work, or leave
the city to earn money from hunting.
Death in this world causes
a person to lose half the money they are carrying on them, regardless of the
circumstances. The only way to store money without losing it is to either keep
it in a hidden location, or store it with Yggdrasil, the banking and trading
company that stretches across the entire world. The problem for a student like
Regal is that he has to be a hunter before he can acquire an ‘Yggdrasil Card’.
Regal walks down the
cobblestone street amongst the jubilant cheers and sounds of drinking by the
hunters in nearby taverns, the light from their open doors spilling out into
the street an illuminating it more than the street lamps do. Rather than
heading home, Regal walks in a different direction toward a structure that is
similar to the public library and is always open.
Compared to the library,
this building has silver and obsidian plates and other adornments on it. Every
edge is sharp and lethal, so attempting to climb this building would be
suicidal. The name of this building is the Training Hall, as stated by a hanging
sign above the front door.
The floor area of the
building is significantly larger than that of the library, but it is only two
stories tall. The ground floor is for practicing long distance attacks, while
the second floor is separated for those practicing close distance attacks and
individual rooms for training supportive skills.
Regal doesn’t hesitate to
enter the complex. It is completely free to enter and train, but whoever is
training must supply their own ammunition and mana recovery items. Two
attendants at the front desk will supply these to those in need, but they
charge a price almost twice that of the market value.
Not wanting to waste
money, Regal doesn’t purchase any of these supplies and instead practices his
‘Ice Bullet’ Divine Art and ‘Revolver’ skill by shooting the ice bullets at a
target sixty feet away. He also tries to get used to using ‘Curve’, but every
time the bullet veers far off target and seems to hit a random location.
Regal even tries closing
his eyes and feeling the firing of the gun when using ‘Curve’, but even
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